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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2012 and Los Angeles, 2012.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the unnamed narrator, she realized after leaving John that what element is never "dead and buried" (95)?
(a) The past.
(b) Unrequited love.
(c) Deception.
(d) Resentment.

2. For which method of transportation did the unnamed narrator advocate during her discussion with her tall, dark-haired friend?
(a) Bicycling.
(b) Hiring a car.
(c) Boating.
(d) Riding a train.

3. What two things does the unnamed narrator state that she has always wanted?
(a) Love and peace.
(b) Direction and praise.
(c) Punishment and callousness.
(d) Anger and hatred.

4. The unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the summer of 2000 used to be her what?
(a) Her psychologist.
(b) Her high school teacher.
(c) Her professor.
(d) Her doctor.

5. The final sentence of Ann Arbor, 2002 describes the unnamed narrator's plan to take what action when she gets home?
(a) Read.
(b) Play music.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?

2. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?

3. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself during her conversation with her one-night stand at the hotel?

4. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that, "Knowing someone is" how many "parts divination" (74)?

5. What adjective did the unnamed narrator use to describe her husband John in a conversation with her one-night stand?

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